After its takeover of the English casting specialist Sim-Cast on 1 September 2012, ZOLLERN has wrapped up its investment in a new manufacturing facility for high-tech castings and has produced its first monocrystalline castings for the aerospace industry.

"Body in white" describes the automotive production phase in which the chassis and body are joined to make the complete car.
In the new BMW i3 production shop, a 23-m-long and 8-m-high 4-axis gantry robot from Zollern Automation performs this "body-in-white" phase.